Posts by Rosa Lin
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Potential political conflict may keep short-lived climate forcers off G8 agenda
(May. 08, 2012)G8 leaders may duck serious discussions on controlling a major source of pollution that includes black soot from cooking fires, methane from dairy farms, and gases released from aerosol cans. Such talk is uncomfortable because it can appear to shift responsibility for climate change away from industrialized nations and onto poorer, have-not countries. Continue reading
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China’s influence felt at G8 despite its absence
(May. 08, 2012)Chinese government leaders will not take part in either the G-8 or NATO summits, though the growing importance of China in the global economy is the 800-pound gorilla in the room at both forums. Several countries currently included in the G-8 “club,” such as Italy, Canada and France, have faded in importance globally even as China’s influence has soared. Continue reading
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Eurozone financial crisis threatens international trade
(May. 08, 2012)As the Eurozone debt crisis lingers, economists warn that financial shockwaves may soon make their way across the Atlantic. Continue reading
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NATO getting smarter with Smart Defense?
(May. 08, 2012)The EuroZone crisis heightens NATO’s urge to take immediate effective measures to prevent members’ economic problems from turning into a general, more dangerous security crisis. NATO relies on contributions from member countries to fund its initiatives. As European countries undergo severe austerity cuts, including massive cuts to defense budgets, their capacity to fulfill those financial obligations diminishes. Continue reading
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Inside the NATO protests: Who, how and why
(May. 08, 2012)Officials estimate between 5,000 to 10,000 activists from more than a dozen countries will descend upon Chicago to protest the NATO summit. But what do we actually know about these protests and the people who plan on attending them? WHO are the protestors? Continue reading
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2012 G8 Summit – What to look for and why
(May. 08, 2012)When G-8 leaders convene in Camp David several pivotal world dynamics will underpin their agenda. The state of the economy and the shifting global power structure will be present in every conversation and issues Continue reading
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What to expect at the NATO summit
(May. 08, 2012)A hedge against Russia; it’s not the world that NATO was created for; the issue isn’t who’s attending and who’s not attending; they need to think out of the box. Continue reading
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Will food security be on the table for 2012 G8 summit?
(May. 08, 2012)President Obama may have nudged a few eggs down the South Lawn during the annual Easter Egg Roll, but outside the White House, advocates from ActionAid, a nonprofit organization working to eliminate poverty and injustice, gave the U.S. leader a not-so- subtle push of their own. A life-size cutout of the president humorously depicted as a “Hunger Hero” stood next to a large poster emblazoned with, “Obama: Find the will to be a hunger hero at the G8 summit.” Continue reading
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Summit will test NATO’s undisputed ‘in together, out together’ approach in Afghanistan
(May. 08, 2012)The “in together, out together” approach that has guided NATO’s decade-plus Afghanistan operations will encounter a serious test at the summit in Chicago, with some experts Continue reading
